Do Social Networking Sites Work ?

11 May
2009
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1 Do Social Networking Sites Work ?

I’ve tried a lot of services out there from Digg to stumbleupon to del.icio.us as well as non-mainstream ones like slash-dot , d-zone , design float.

After a while its the same candy bar but just wrapped in a different candy wrapper.

The whole process of trying to get your own blog, website or whatever kind of site your promoting to the front page isn’t worth it, so much valuable time is wasted. Trust me I’ve been there and done that , it’s something that won’t give you self-sustaining results.

So check out these slides I’ve made explaining my take on Social networking sites. (This may be viewed as a satire)

You Have a website to promote. Is Google Your only option?

The answer is very simple. Just use Social Networking Sites!

Sites like these ; Digg , Stumbleupon , delicious

They are perfect to use right ? I mean all you need are a few hundred friends

hey friend can you vote up on this mega cool awsome article ? I'll be your bff 4ever!

Rinse and Repeat until your hands fall off or your account gets banned for spamming lots of people

If you think about it there's no differences between a social network site & a pyramid scheme

6 Do Social Networking Sites Work ?

Sure once you hit the front page of a social networking site the traffic pours in like fine wine

But you can bet that all that traffic you worked so hard to get will be gone within 2-3 days

You get a friend to vote for your article and they too have to get a friend as well as their friend's friends to vote in order to become successful with the overall promotion

So what should I do to bring in traffic ?

Writing quality content is far superior to wasting time trying to become popular with slim chances via social networking sites

The moral of the story is don't waste time on social networking sites

That is unless you have a whole lot of time to kill

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4 Responses to Do Social Networking Sites Work ?

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Kawsar AliNo Gravatar

May 11th, 2009 at 11:25 pm

Very nice I enjoyed it! Also, true stuff

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web2000No Gravatar

May 12th, 2009 at 11:53 am

Hey nice article. I like the idea of telling the story w/ pictures.. my only suggestion is you should use the "alt" attribute to repeat what is being said in pictures so people can find the article better :)

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kmpoaquestsNo Gravatar

May 12th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

Just added them , but a certain script I'm running overrides that option.

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